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Nine To Noon for Thursday 14 November 2013

  • Housing policy - is it working?

    9:09 AM.Salvation Army social policy analyst Alan Johnson whose new report finds nearly a third of New Zealanders struggle to access good quality, secure and affordable housing. Audio

  • A quick sale of Air New Zealand

    9:27 AM.Is the government planning to sell down its stake in Air New Zealand early next week? Kathryn Ryan talks to Rickey Ward, Head of Equities at Tyndall Investment Management. Audio

  • The impact of genetics on education and achievement

    9:39 AM.Kathryn Asbury is the co-author, with leading UK scientist Robert Plomin, of G is for Genes, and a lecturer in the Pyschology in Education Research Centre at the University of York. Audio

  • UK correspondent - Kate Adie

    9:52 AM.The National Health Service's emergency departments are in crisis; power prices out of control; and an unexpected tattoo. Audio

  • Turia Pitt - ultramarathon runner

    10:08 AM.Turia Pitt is a young Australian ultramarathon runner disfigured after being caught in a bushfire. Audio

  • Book review - Sense and Sensibility

    10:35 AM.Harry Ricketts reviews Joanna Trollope's adaptation of 'Sense and Sensibility', published by HarperCollins. Audio

  • New technology with Sarah Putt

    11:09 AM.Telecom launches 4G services; XP users beware - Microsoft is ending support in April; Plans for a "Silicon Valley style" New Zealand Computer Museum. Audio

  • The lack of male role models in society.

    11:26 AM.The educational consultant and parenting commentator talks about the lack of male role models in society. Read more Audio

  • TV with Lara Strongman

    11:48 AM.The impact of TV3 losing rights to Fox shows; 'The Life and Times of Temuera Morrison' and 'The Story: High School'. Audio

09:05 Housing policy - is it working?

Salvation Army social policy analyst Alan Johnson whose new report finds nearly a third of New Zealanders struggle to access good quality, secure and affordable housing.

09:20 Is the government planning to sell down its stake in Air New Zealand early next week?.

Rickey Ward, Head of Equities at Tyndall Investment Management.

09:30 The impact of genetics on education and achievement

Kathryn Asbury is the co-author, with leading UK scientist Robert Plomin, of G is for Genes, and a lecturer in the Pyschology in Education Research Centre at the University of York.

09:45 UK correspondent Kate Adie

10:05 Feature guest: Turia Pitt - ultramarathon runner

Turia Pitt, a young Australian ultramarathon runner disfigured after being caught in a bushfire.

Turia Pitt
Ultramarathon runner Turia Pitt.

10:35 Book Review with Harry Ricketts

Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope
Published by HarperCollins

10:45 The Reading: The Writing Class by Stephanie Johnson

Read by Alison Quigan. (Part 4 of 12)

11:05 New technology with Sarah Putt

Telecom launches 4G services; XP users beware - Microsoft is ending support in April; Plans for a "Silicon Valley style" NZ Computer Museum.

Links:
Computerworld article on migrating off XP
New Zealand Open Source Society
NZ Computer Museum Facebook page
Auckland University Computer display

11:30 Parenting with Joseph Driessen

Educational consultant and parenting commentator.

11:45 Media commentator Lara Strongman

The impact of TV3 losing rights to Fox shows; The Life and Times of Temuera Morrison and The Story - High School.

Music played in this show

Song: Blueprint
Artist: Eden Mulholland
Comp: Mulholland
Album: Feed the Beast
Label: FTB
Time Played: 10:42

Song: The End of the Road
Artist: Gladys Knight & The Pips
Comp: Whitfield, Strong
Label: Motown
Time Played: 11:06

Song: I Want You Back
Artist: The Jackson 5
Comp: The Corporation
Album: Michael Jackson & the Jackson 5
Label: Motown
Time Played: 11:25